| The previous chapter covered CSS; this chapter discusses XSL-FO. In distinct contrast to CSS, XSL-FO is a complete XML application for describing the precise layout of text on a page. It has elements that represent sequences of pages, blocks of text on the pages, graphics, horizontal rules, and more. Most of the time, however, you don't write XSL-FO directly. Instead, you write an XSLT stylesheet that transforms your document's native markup into XSL-FO. The application rendering the document reads the XSL-FO and displays it to the user . Since no major browsers currently support direct rendering of XSL-FO documents, there's normally a third step in which another processor transforms the XSL-FO into a readable format, such as PDF or T E X. Once again, we demonstrate the features of XSL-FO by applying it to the simple well- formed XML document shown in Example 13-1 (in the last chapter) and repeated here in Example 14-1 for convenience. Example 14-1. Marjorie Anderson's recipe for Southern Corn Bread <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <recipe source="Marjorie Anderson"> <dish>Southern Corn Bread</dish> <ingredients> <ingredient> <quantity>1 cup</quantity> <component>flour</component> </ingredient> <ingredient> <quantity>4 tablespoons</quantity> <component>Royal Baking Powder</component> </ingredient> <ingredient> <quantity> 1 / 2 teaspoon</quantity> <component>salt</component> </ingredient> <ingredient> <quantity>1 cup</quantity> <component>corn meal</component> </ingredient> <ingredient> <quantity>1 1 / 2 cups</quantity> <component>whole milk</component> </ingredient> <ingredient> <quantity>4 tablespoons</quantity> <component>melted butter</component> </ingredient> </ingredients> <directions> <step>Sift flour, baking powder, sugar & salt together.</step> <step>Add 1 cup corn meal.</step> <step> Beat egg in cup and add beaten egg and 1 1 / 2 cups whole milk to make a batter. Stir well. </step> <step> Add melted shortening and beat until light and thoroughly mixed. </step> <step> Pour into greased shallow pan or greased muffin rings. </step> <step> Bake in hot oven at <temperature>425 F</temperature> for <duration>25 minutes</duration>. </step> <step optional="yes"> Cut into squares if cooked in shallow pan. </step> </directions> <story> After my mother-in-law <person>Marjorie Anderson</person> died, Beth and I found this recipe written on the "extra recipes" page in a local cookbook in her cupboard. This was published by the The Episcopal Churchwomen, Church of Ascension, <city>Mt. Sterling</city>, <state>Kentucky</state>. </story> </recipe> |